Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]research packet 998-packet.md (1 sources cited) [other_primary]
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- Identity packet verdict: VERIFIED
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Evidence ID
- uss-beacon-pg99-pkt-998-packet-md
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[2]DANFS, Beacon (PG-99) - entry covers both the 1942 PG-88 naming (Flower-class corvette that never served as USS Beacon; became HMS Dittany) and this hull (live NHHC page, verified 2026-10-04) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry 'Beacon (PG-99)' (beacon-i.html), specification block and service narrative; entry header also documents the unexecuted PG-88 naming
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: laid down 15 July 1968 at Sturgeon Bay, Wis., by Peterson Builders, Inc.; launched 17 May 1969, sponsored by Mrs. William F. Krantz; commissioned at Boston Naval Shipyard 22 November 1969, Lt. Larry R. Seaquist in command; CODAG (combined diesel and gas turbine) plant with controllable-pitch propellers, 40 knots; Coastal Squadron 3, San Diego; post-shakedown availability at Long Beach Naval Shipyard from 29 June 1970 and overhaul there 1 February-7 May 1971 with Chehalis (PG-94); River Squadron 2, Little Creek; turbine-room gasoline explosion 2 December 1971, repaired at Norfolk Naval Shipyard 27 December 1971-11 February 1972; collision with Dutch cargo ship Suriname off Cape Maisi, Cuba, 25 February 1972, four months at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (April-August 1972); grounded off Morehead City, N.C., 4 April 1973 - towed to Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp., Brambleton Division (delays, poor workmanship; Navy halted the work 1 October) - repairs completed at Norfolk Naval Shipyard 7 December 1973; major overhaul at Horne Brothers Inc., Newport News, Va., 18 June-10 October 1974 (new diesel engines and a new boiler installed, nearly all electronics overhauled); brief 1975 drydocking in AFDL-6 (port screw blades, sandblast and paint hull); decommissioned 22 April 1977 at Little Creek; in reserve at Atlantic Fleet Inactive Ship Facility, Portsmouth, Va., more than 12 years; transferred to the Greek Navy 22 November 1989; stricken from the Naval Vessel Register June 1990; renamed Ormi (P-230), in Greek service through 1995.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1968-1995
- Population
- Peterson Builders construction trades (1968-69); ship's company (complement 24, 1969-77); yard workers at Boston NSY, Long Beach NSY, Norfolk NSY, Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock (Brambleton), and Horne Brothers (1970-75); inactive-facility maintenance crews (1977-89); Hellenic Navy crew (1989-)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents construction, service history, specifications, and yard availabilities - not materials or asbestos content. The 'new boiler' installed in the 1974 overhaul is an auxiliary unit (the class is CODAG, not steam-powered); its insulation specification is not stated. Greek-service text ends at 'through 1995'; later disposition is not covered.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beacon-pg99-01
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[3]NavSource Online: Motor Gunboat/Patrol Gunboat Photo Archive, Beacon (PG 99) - specifications, chronology, photo record (live page verified 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- navsource.net arkiv 12/11099.htm - Beacon (PG 99) page, specifications block and chronology
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- NavSource record for this hull: propulsion specified as two 725-hp Cummins VT-12 875M diesel engines, one 1,370-shp General Electric LM1500 gas turbine, two controllable-pitch propellers on two shafts; commissioned USS Beacon (PG 99) 22 November 1969 at the Boston Navy Yard; decommissioned 22 April 1977 at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek; laid up at the Atlantic Fleet Inactive Ship Facility, Portsmouth, Va.; transferred to Greece as Ormi (P-230) 22 November 1989; struck from the Navy Register June 1990; commissioned into Greek service 18 June 1991; 'served through 1995. Fate unknown.' Photo record includes the 1 October 1973 Norfolk Naval Shipyard drydock sequence and Ormi at Rhodes, Greece, circa 2011.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1968-2011+
- Population
- As for ev-01; Greek-service crew 1991 onward
- Limitations
- NavSource is a privately maintained archival compilation of official records - corroborates DANFS on all shared points and adds propulsion specifics and the Greek commissioning date; its 'Fate unknown' note post-dates its last information and conflicts with 2017 press photographs showing the vessel in service at Rhodes - later disposition unverified. Contains no asbestos information.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beacon-pg99-02
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[4]NHHC photographic catalog, image USN 1139254, 'USS BEACON (PG-99)' (live page verified 2026-10-04) [other_primary]
- Locator
- NHHC NH-series photo catalog, USN 1139254 record (caption field)
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Official Navy photographic record: catalog USN 1139254, caption 'Just after launching at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, 17 May 1969' - independently confirms this hull's launch date and building place.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1969
- Limitations
- Photograph catalog record only; documents the launch event, not materials aboard or any asbestos content.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beacon-pg99-03
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[5]Era inference built on: DANFS specification block and service narrative (CODAG plant; auxiliary boiler replaced 1974; Norfolk NSY and Long Beach NSY availabilities); NavSource propulsion specifications; shipyard-exposure-map asbestos product lists for norfolk-naval-shipyard (yard tier 2: Thermobestos, Marinite, Transite, Kaylo, Unibestos, pipe lagging, boiler/turbine insulation, gaskets, packing, deck coverings) and long-beach-naval-shipyard; GAO HRD-80-2 (see ev-uss-beacon-pg99-05) [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS spec block and narrative (beacon-i.html); NavSource specifications; shipyards.json records 'norfolk-naval-shipyard' and 'long-beach-naval-shipyard'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- A CODAG patrol gunboat built 1968-69 sits inside the Navy's documented asbestos-use era; era-standard applications aboard a vessel of this type and period were machinery thermal insulation, diesel and gas-turbine exhaust lagging, gaskets, valve packing, electrical insulation, deck coverings, and fireproofing. With no main steam plant, the boiler/turbine lagging pathway of steam vessels does not apply; the documented auxiliary boiler (replaced during the 1974 Horne Brothers overhaul) and exhaust systems are the plausible onboard applications. Three 1971-73 availabilities at Norfolk Naval Shipyard - a yard whose Atlas record (tier 2) documents era asbestos products and operations, including a 1979 inspection finding asbestos-laden dust - and two 1970-71 availabilities at Long Beach Naval Shipyard placed this hull inside documented asbestos-era yard environments during repairs.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1968-1990 (U.S. custody)
- Population
- Peterson Builders construction trades (1968-69); crew (1969-77); shipyard workers at Boston NSY, Long Beach NSY, Norfolk NSY, Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock, Horne Brothers during 1969-75 availabilities; inactive-ship maintenance crews (1977-89); Hellenic Navy crew and Greek yard workers (1989-)
- Limitations
- Class/era and yard-level inference only - no hull-specific insulation survey, material list, or yard work package located for PG-99. Names era-standard applications and documented yard environments, not confirmed installed materials aboard this hull. No quantity. Yard work-package records (which would establish hull-level scope) are undigitized archival leads.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beacon-pg99-04
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[6]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - spanning this hull's construction (1968-69) and nearly all of her U.S. service era (1969-77).
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; supports era context only, not any fact specific to this hull. Full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403 - same standing block recorded in Batch-01 and Batch-98); content via product-page description.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beacon-pg99-05
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[7]Batch-8571 search ledger (this record): NHHC DANFS live page; NavSource; NHHC photo catalog USN 1139254; Naval Vessel Register; shipyard-exposure-map yard records; CourtListener authenticated search (partially completed); secondary web litigation sweep [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-beacon-pg99-01 through sl-uss-beacon-pg99-10
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located: no asbestos survey, abatement contract, hazmat disclosure, or verified litigation naming USS Beacon (PG-99) was found in the public sources searched. CourtListener base queries were run through the fleet-authenticated helper: the exact-name opinion query completed with zero results; the exact-name docket and both hull-number ('PG-99') queries were blocked by the shared fleet pacing budget and are logged as pending, not as negative results. Secondary web sweeps surfaced no qualifying case; the only 'asbestos aboard' material is law-firm marketing listicle content (mesotheliomaveterans.org, asbestos.com, lungcancergroup.com ship lists) asserting asbestos without primary sourcing - excluded by source policy. Collision notes: the earlier Beacon (PG-88) never served under the name (transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Dittany), so a 'USS Beacon' litigation hit would necessarily be this hull; a bare 'PG-99' hit is ambiguous - the WWII-era PG-99 was USS Vim (Flower-class corvette, HMS Statice), a different ship - but the 1969-77 service window and 24-man complement narrow this hull's plausible population.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-10-04
- Study period
- 2026-10-04
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - and the litigation repository sweep is incomplete: three of four base queries remained blocked at report time (fleet pacing budget, ~58/hr shared); those are logged as pending in search_ledger, not as negative results. NARA deck logs and yard work packages are undigitized leads. Does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-beacon-pg99-06